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Employees to get the right to apeal denied flexible working hours requests

This week federal Greens MP Adam Bandt introduced the bill to amend the Fair Work Act which would enable all permanent workers with more than 12 months’ service the right to appeal to a FWA tribunal if their request for … Continue reading

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Making Sex Work Safe Work

In June last year, State MP Steph Key addressed around a hundred protesters supporting her bill to decriminalise prostitution. The current laws are more than 60-years-old and there have been six previous attempts to decriminalise sex work since 1980. Ms … Continue reading

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Janet Giles explains why nothing is more important to SA Unions than Worker Safety

State Parliament are currently debating the changes to the Worker Health and Safety Bill, which are part of a push for consistent workplace laws across the states. A report by consultancy firm Hudson Howells, commissioned by the Housing Industry Association, … Continue reading

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